diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..0457a09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/commons-parent-15.tar.xz
diff --git a/apache-commons-parent.spec b/apache-commons-parent.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c1f7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-commons-parent.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+%global base_name       parent
+%global short_name      commons-%{base_name}
+
+Name:             apache-%{short_name}
+Version:          15
+Release:          1%{?dist}
+Summary:          Apache Commons Parent Pom
+Group:            Development/Libraries
+License:          ASL 2.0
+URL:              http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/%{short_name}/tags/%{short_name}-%{version}/
+
+# svn export http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/commons-parent/tags/commons-parent-15
+# tar caf commons-parent-15.tar.xz commons-parent-15
+Source0:          %{short_name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildArch:        noarch
+
+BuildRequires:    java-devel >= 1:1.6.0
+BuildRequires:    jpackage-utils
+
+Requires:         java >= 1:1.6.0
+Requires:         jpackage-utils
+Requires:         maven2 >= 2.2.1
+Requires:         maven-antrun-plugin
+Requires:         maven-assembly-plugin
+Requires:         maven-compiler-plugin
+Requires:         maven-idea-plugin
+Requires:         maven-install-plugin
+Requires:         maven-jar-plugin
+Requires:         maven-javadoc-plugin
+Requires:         maven-plugin-bundle
+Requires:         maven-resources-plugin
+Requires:         maven-surefire-plugin
+Requires(post):   jpackage-utils
+Requires(postun): jpackage-utils
+
+
+%description
+The Project Object Model files for the apache-commons packages.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{short_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+#nothing to do for the pom
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%add_to_maven_depmap org.apache.commons %{short_name} %{version} JPP %{short_name}
+
+# poms
+install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}
+install -pm 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{short_name}.pom
+
+%post
+%update_maven_depmap
+
+%postun
+%update_maven_depmap
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
+%{_mavenpomdir}/*
+%{_mavendepmapfragdir}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Oct 20 2010 Chris Spike <chris.spike@arcor.de> 15-1
+- Initial version of the package
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..b28b59e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a9db3e7746d9fe624379d9d55eb56052  commons-parent-15.tar.xz